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Artists invited to focus on the landscape
CANNON BEACH — In
Looking at Landscape, the
Cannon Beach Arts Asso-
ciation is putting together a
weekend of activities June
18 and 19 based around con-
temporary landscape art.
The weekend will include
an artists’ discussion on
contemporary landscape
painting, two plein air oil
painting classes, and a coun-
try cookout set in a beautiful
forested garden.
The artists’ discussion
will take place from 10:30
a.m. to noon June 18. Artists
Jef Gunn, Joan Stuart Ross
and Michael Southern will
meet in the Cannon Beach
Gallery to engage in conver-
sation about their work and
contemporary landscape.
The discussion is free; no
booking is required.
The three artists will
have work in the gallery’s
“Landscape as Perception”
exhibition, on display June
11 to July 10.
Then, from 1 to 4 p.m.,
Joanne Radmilovich Koll-
man will teach a coastal
plein air oil painting class.
Meeting at the gallery for
preparation, the class will
then move to a scenic lo-
cation to paint. The class is
open to artists at any level of
experience. We advise you
to bring you own materials,
but suficient materials will
be made available to par-
ticipate at a beginner level.
Participants should dress for
painting, sand and change-
able weather.
The next day, June 19,
Kollman will teach a land-
scape plein air oil painting
class from 10:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. The location for
this class is at Cannon Beach
Arts’ Program Director’s
home with panoramic views
of forest land above Astoria.
Transport will be provided
from Cannon Beach, leaving
Cannon Beach Gallery at
9:30 a.m., or you can make
you own way and meet the
group there; the location will
be provided on booking.
To make the most of what
promises to be a lovely day
of painting and as a fund-
raiser for Cannon Beach
Art Association, following
Kollman’s class, there will
be a cookout at 2 p.m.
Artists are then invited to
stay and paint as long as
the light is good. Friends
and family may buy tickets
for this event and join their
artist for lunch in this lovely
location. Anyone wanting
to support CBAA can buy
tickets for this event. Artists
can bring their sketchbooks
or just relax. The menu will
be based around a southern
shrimp boil, and buffet. Soft
drinks will be provided.
The weekend can be
booked as individual classes
and events or as a full week-
end package.
Weekend package tickets
cost $100; there is a 10
percent discount for CBAA
members. The package
includes the artists’ talk, the
two classes, transportation
if required, and the cookout
meal. Participants will also
be given the option of exhib-
iting selected works created
during this weekend in the
CBAA’s mobile gallery
during the Pein Air Festival,
taking place June 24, 25 and
26.
The artists’ talk is free;
single tickets for the two
classes are $50 each; single
tickets for the country cook-
out are $20 each.
To book tickets, email
cannonbeacharts@gmail.
com; organizers will send
you a registration form and
reserve you a place. Places
in the two painting classes
are limited to eight partici-
pants.
Camp, park and ish for free this weekend
HAMMOND — It’s a great
time to get outside, ex-
plore and play this week-
end in Oregon.
Saturday, June 4 is
Oregon State Parks Day.
Camping is free Saturday
night, and there are no
day-use or parking fees
June 4 and 5.
“State Parks Day is our
way of thanking Orego-
nians for their commit-
ment to our state parks,”
said Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department Di-
rector Lisa Sumption. “We
invite Oregonians to come
out and explore a new park
or visit an old favorite.”
Saturday and Sunday
are also Oregon’s Free
Fishing Weekend, put on
by the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife. No
license is required to fish,
crab or clam. It’s a great
opportunity to introduce a
friend, child, co-worker or
SUBMITTED PHOTO
June 4 and 5 are Oregon’s Free Fishing Weekend, where it’s free
to ish, crab or clam without a license. Fort Stevens State Park
will hold a kids ishing derby Saturday at Cofenbury Lake.
family member to fishing.
For Free Fishing
Weekend, Fort Stevens
State Park, ODFW and the
Rainland Flycasters will
host free fishing activities
at Coffenbury Lake from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
A kids fishing derby
will be held with prizes
and a biggest fish compe-
tition. A limited number of
poles, tackle and bait will
be provided for partici-
pants.
There will be fly
casting demos put on by
the Rainland Flycasters.
A barbecue lunch will be
served, and prizes will be
awarded for the biggest
fish.
For more information,
contact Fort Stevens State
Park Ranger Dane Osis by
calling 503-861-3170.
ODFW puts on Ore-
gon’s Free Fishing Week-
end the first full weekend
in June each year.
The Oregon State Leg-
islature established Oregon
State Parks Day in 1997 to
focus public attention on
Oregon’s state park system.
The event is always the
first Saturday in June.
Campsite reservations
may be made by calling
800-452-5687 before 5
p.m. Friday, June 3. Or
you can reserve online at
www.oregonstateparks.
org. While the campsite
rental is free, an $8 non-
refundable reservation fee
still applies.
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY DEAN DAVIS
Too Slim & The Taildraggers will perform June 5 at The Birk.
Hear the blues at The Birk
BIRKENFELD — The Birk
will host Too Slim & The
Taildraggers for a concert at
3 p.m. Sunday, June 5.
Advanced tickets are $15
and available online at http://
tinyurl.com/tooslimtickets.
Tickets at the door will be
$20. The venue is located
at 11139 Oregon Highway
202, about 40 miles east of
Astoria and 18 miles south
of Clatskanie.
Creating an eclectic style
of blues and rock that has
become a genre all its own,
Tim “Too Slim” Langford’s
ever-evolving musical direc-
tion cannot easily be classi-
ied. Too Slim & The Tail-
draggers effortlessly cross
genres. Flavoring blues with
rock and Americana, the
band appeals to audiences of
varying musical tastes.
Langford has won
multiple individual awards
for best guitarist, best slide
guitarist and best songwriter,
and the band is in the Hall
of Fame in three Northwest
blues societies. The band’s
2013 release “Blue Heart”
reached as high as No. 3
on the Billboard Top Blues
Album Chart, and “Shiver,”
the band’s previous release,
was a 2012 Blues Music
Award nominee for blues
rock recording of the year.
Too Slim & The Taildrag-
gers’ current rhythm section
consists of Nashville bassist
Eric “Stretch” Hanson and
drummer Jeff “Shakey”
Fowlkes.
Test your trivia skills
Seaside library
hosts Night of All
Knowledge Trivia
Tournament
SEASIDE — At 6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 8, the
Seaside Public Library will
host its monthly Team Trivia
Tournament. Teams can con-
sist of one person or have as
many as six people.
Trivia nights are infor-
mal, fun competitions where
teams battle to see who has
the greatest knowledge of
all matters trivial. General
questions will be asked
by the trivia host, and the
winners are the team that,
at the end of the night, has
correctly answered the
most questions. Prizes will
be awarded, but the main
prize is knowing you have
the smartest trivia team in
Clatsop County.
Seaside Public Library is
located at 1131 Broadway.
For more information, call
503-738-6742 or visit www.
seasidelibrary.org